Enhancing Accountability in Public Finance through Performance in Bangladesh
1. Enhancing Accountability in Public Finance through Performance in Bangladesh Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Washington D.C. Ranjit Kumar Chakraborty Additional Secretary Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh December 5, 2011
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15. PFM Reforms in Bangladesh Reform Agenda initiated with some Progresses Audit and Evaluation Budget Execution Budget Preparation under MTBF Policy & Economic Planning Training Capacity Building Information Technology Debt Management Treasury Management Macro economic framework Institutional support for the planning and budgeting process Gender poverty and issues Budget Call notice support Performance Monitoring Budget Management Committees Ministry Planning Functions audit Internal Support to District & Upazilla Accounting Offices Computerisation of the accounting system Institutional support for the Controller General of Accounts Systems maintenance Institutional support for the Comptroller and Auditor General Systems based financial auditing Social performance auditing
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17. New Treasury Rules, Accounts Code, expenditure control and Accounting Manual for development projects Introduction of system - based audits in selected line ministries Comprehensive training program on Management, Finance, Budgeting, IT, Economics including International post-graduate training Milestones of 15 years of PFM reform in Bangladesh till SPEMP…cont’d Strengthened macro-economic modeling capacity to underpin more robust budgeting. Enhanced Debt management capacity in Finance Division. Advanced budgeting and expenditure management through MTBF. Strengthened ministry-level capacities in budget preparation. Qualitative review of audit report by PAC